28th July 2015

CT scanners have been in use in medicine for over 40 years, having first been used in the 1970’s. Find out what you need to know about CT scanners and how they work here. By BCF in-house radiographer, Kat Evans.

20th July 2015

Over the years BCF have been involved in scanning some fairly ‘weird and wonderful’ creatures, some great and some small, but seldom have we seen something so heart-warming as the images acquired by Bill Rosie of the Vale Vet Group (Kidderminster and Stourport-on-Severn) and me, the BCF in-house vet, whilst at the West Midlands Safari Park.

6th July, 2015

We recently featured in an article in Arab Agriculture magazine entitled “The Use of Transrectal Ultrasonography in Camel Reproduction Using an Easi-Scan Curve Portable Ultrasound Machine”, written by Dr. Julian (Lulu) Skidmore – the Scientific Director of the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai.

26 June 2015

Veterinary diagnostic imaging specialists BCF Technology were delighted to host talks in Scotland for the Vets with Horse Power group of equine vets. The BCF team also took this opportunity to donate a brand new Carestream Vita Flex digital X-ray system and generator to the Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust, the charity the Horse Power team are supporting.

26 June 2015

It’s not every day you get a phone call to the office asking for help to X-ray and ultrasound for a T. Rex autopsy. This call came from Luke Gamble from WVS, who was working on a TV programme for the National Geographic channel, which aired worldwide on Sunday 7th June, to a global audience of over 40 million.

18 June 2015

We are delighted to announce that we will now be supplying a new range of CT & MRI systems, alongside our existing imaging portfolio. We have appointed existing Account Manager Nigel Perry as CT & MRI Sales Manager working specifically on the new product range.

Ultrasonography is also useful for investigating members of the herd with poor fertility due to cyclic abnormalities or pathologic conditions affecting the ovaries and/or uterus. Conditions affecting fertility such as cystic ovarian disease and endometritis/pyometra can be accurately identified and treated appropriately.

13th May 2015

BCF are proud to sponsor Vet Fest 2015. The inaugural VET Festival is an exciting new paradigm in conference format and content. Conceived and developed by Noel Fitzpatrick in association with the University it brings together a ‘dream team’ of elite world leading veterinary professionals and human medical specialists from all over the globe.

5th April, 2015

Following 5 months of hard work and dedication, the 2 teams from BCF who have been competing in the Children 1st Dragon’s Glen Business Challenge amazingly brought home 2 awards at last night’s ceremony at Edinburgh Castle.

05 May 2015

Those crazy equine vets on motorbikes are at it again, riding around the British Isles and Ireland, delivering high quality talks and raising money for charity. This year covering England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, starting at the RVC and finishing in Cumbria. BCF Technology are delighted to be hosting the talks at their new global headquarters in Bellshill, near Glasgow on Thursday 25th June between 1.00 and 5.00pm.

7th April 2015

The Vet Charity Challenge 2015 will take place on Saturday 26th September at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. This one day event pulls together a series of physical tasks with puzzle solving challenges along the way.

7th April 2015

5th April, 2015

BCF Technology recently released the Easi-Scan Curve – an ultrasound machine with curved probe technology, to allow for both a deeper and wider image, click HERE to read more about the Easi Scan Curve.

18 February 2015

February 11, 2015

BCF Technology is pleased to announce the launch of our new monocular viewer, the Firefli.

The Firefli provides you with the same defined ultrasound image, with added peripheral vision. This viewer is custom made for those who have one dominant eye and would prefer to see the ultrasound image in a monocular viewer.

09 December 2014

We are pleased to announce that we are now supplying the new M-Turbo c from SonoSite. The new compact ultrasound imaging system features excellent image quality and diverse functionality to meet the needs of small animal and equine vets.

4th December 2014

04 December 2014

A team of 5 from BCF Technology enjoyed a successful launch night on the 3rd December for their business project for the Dragon’s Glen Entrepreneurial Challenge. The night was held at the Bourne Fine Art Gallery in Edinburgh who donated the space for the evening for free.

02 December 2014

Recently Kat Evans, our in house radiographer, and Claire Defries PTLLS DipAVN (medical) RVN, centre manager at the College of Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, were invited to present a small animal abdominal ultrasound wet-lab at BVNA Congress.

The Vet Charity Challenge team handed over £36,000 raised from the 2014 Vet Charity Challenge to the three supporting charities at the London Vet Show. This brings the total raised in the past three years by this event to over £100,000.

03 September 2014

19th August, 2014

BCF recently travelled all the way to Cairns, Australia, to take part in the World Buiatrics Congress, which took place from 28th-31st August. The congress was very successful for us and saw the launch of two new products – Easi-Scan Curve and Easi-Scan Microconvex, with the Easi-Scan Curve being extremely well received.

2nd July 2014

Account Manager Peter Higginson recently caught up with Graham Fowke, MA VetMB CertEM(Stud Medicine) MRCVS, Director of Cotts Farm Equine Hospital to find out how they are getting on with the new M-Turbo ultrasound system and Slate 3+ DR X-ray system they recently invested in.

21 April 2014

15th April 2014

An Easi-Scan has a very hard life. Used daily, bounced in an out of cars, possibly used by many different people, in a dirty and wet environment, often damp from being cleaned with water. At BCF we designed the Easi-Scan to be tough, rugged and durable, built for use on the farm. However, your Easi-Scan would benefit from an annual service with BCF.

09 April 2014

07 April 2014

Pictures of delegates enjoying the BCF digital graffiti wall at BSAVA are now available on the BCF Technology Facebook page. The photo with the most likes on Facebook by Monday 14th April will win a new iPad Air.

20th March 2014

The 2014 Budget saw some great news for Veterinary Practices as the government doubled the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) from £250,000 to £500,000 with immediate effect, lasting until at least 2015.

11 March 2014

Nigel Perry from BCF Technology was delighted to pop into Mayne Veterinary Clinic in Colchester recently to see how owner Charlotte Mayne BVMSMRCVS was getting along with their new Mindray Z5 ultrasound scanner.

05 March 2014

04 March 2014

Following the success of the 2013 Vet Charity Challenge, which raised £50,000, we are pleased to announce that 2014’s event will take place on Saturday 27th September at St Francis School, Pewsey, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.

26 February 2014

Kat Evans, Applications Specialist for BCF recently went back to Glebe vets in Cornwall to check up on how things were going after their installation of a Cuattro Small animal DR X-ray system, with a BCF floating top table and 10400 X-ray generator.

11 February 2014

Your ultrasound and X-ray equipment has a hard life in a vet’s practice. Just think of all the different people that use it and the environment that it has to work in – sometimes dirty, dusty or even wet. Portable equipment may be bounced around the practice or in and out of cars.

10 January 2014

09 January 2014

The latest edition of BCF's In Focus Magazine is now available. Featuring a range of clinical articles and access to clinical materials, latest innovations from BCF and contact details of your local Account Manager.

06 January 2014

The vets at The Stables Equine Practice in Somerset had an existing CR X-ray system but were looking for an easier way of taking X-rays in the field. They wanted to continue offering a high quality and personal first opinion service and saw DR as the only option.

7th November 2013

How often have you suggested to your boss or other vet partners that you should invest in a new piece of diagnostic imaging equipment and they simply say no? You know it will be useful for you and the practice, but your boss will not listen. Have you ever asked yourself why they don’t listen to your request…?

24 October 2013

7th October 2013

Our ”On farm ultrasound uses: Beyond pregnancy diagnosis” booklet is now available to download. In-house vet, Kimberly Palgrave, BS BVM&S RCVS, created this clinical booklet with the aim to help veterinarians understand the value in using ultrasound for more than reproduction purposes.

2nd October 2013

Saturday 28th September saw the second Vet Charity Challenge take place at Pershore College in Worcestershire. Bathed in lovely sunshine, 55 teams of four spent the day walking, running, cycling, kayaking and orienteering along with a variety of mental tasks.

27th September 2013

04 September 2013

It's important to get the right probe, also known as transducer, in order to get the best image out of your small animal veterinary ultrasound scanner. Key considerations for choosing the correct probe are:

16th August 2013

We are looking for a new Clinical Manager and we are taken a new approach to recruitment. We are giving vets the opportunity to submit their application by recording a short video ( 2 minutes maximum) outlining why they would like to work for BCF.

7th August 2013

In February 2011, as an extra incentive to keep us motivated for exercising, the BCF team were challenged to see if they could travel the equivalent of the circumference of the world, an incredible 24,000 miles, through purely sporting activities.

29 July 2013

22nd July 2013

Welcome to the fourth edition of In Focus. This edition includes new clinical resources as well as introducing
new equipment such as the improved Vita CR X-ray system and the Smart Display for the Easi-Scan.

9th July

Having the right equipment, including an echo table, which allows you and your patient to be positioned comfortably and effectively, is invaluable. Here are some innovative examples we have come across.

05 July 2013

In 2012, the Vet Charity Challenge raised £21,000 between three animal based charities, Hounds for Heroes, SPANA and Pet Blood Bank. As a thank you, Hounds for Heroes have given the Vet Charity Challenge the opportunity to name and follow a puppy for their next Squadron of trainees.

28 May 2013

22 May 2013

We are pleased to announce we have now launched the new Easi-Scan Smart Display. The Easi-Scan Smart Display is an intelligent touch screen monitor that easily clips onto the Easi-Scan – BCF’s bovine ultrasound scanner.

08 May 2013

At BCF we are committed to promoting clinical learning in diagnostic imaging to the veterinary industry.

Our in-house vet, Kimberly Palgrave, in collaboration with the University of Bristol Veterinary School, has developed a series of online instructional videos demonstrating how to perform an ultrasound examination of the bovine reproductive tract.

08 May 2013

At BCF we are committed to promoting clinical learning in diagnostic imaging to the veterinary industry.

Our in-house vet, Kimberly Palgrave, in collaboration with the University of Bristol Veterinary School, has developed a series of online instructional videos demonstrating how to perform an ultrasound examination of the bovine reproductive tract.

20 February 2013

The new RSPCA Animal Hospital in Birmingham, the first national RSPCA centre in the history of the animal charity, invest in the latest in diagnostic imaging equipment from BCF Technology. This included the Carestream Classic CR X-ray system, GE Logiq-e ultrasound scanner and ImageCare+ PACS system.

30 January 2013

We are pleased to announce we have now released a new version of the Vita CR X-ray system which comprises significant changes to the software and operating system, making the Vita now solely for use on veterinary patients.

22 August 2012

08 August 2012

Organisers of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have ensured that even the horses receive the best possible care. A purpose-built veterinary clinic in Greenwich has been kitted out with state-of-the-art equipment to treat competing horses from every nation.

26 July 2012

26 July 2012

BCF Account Manager for the North of England, Sarah O’ Grady, recently visited A. Crooks and Partners Veterinary Surgery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Sarah was there to provide follow up training on their new Vita CR veterinary X-ray system.

October 2011

BCF are delighted to announce that it has now been certified as a Gold Partner with Carestream Health. This is a new certification programme and BCF are one of only three companies in Europe – out of over 100 distributors in Europe – to be certified at this level, so BCF really are at the cutting edge with a key supplier.

August 2011

August 2011

It just goes to show that if you can find a way in you can scan it – even if it is a tortoise. Lynne Stoakes and Noemi McDermott, from Lawton & Stoakes Veterinary Surgeons in Romford, Essex used their Sonosite MicroMaxx for this examination.

August 2011

BCF Marketing Manager Jason Rogers and Radiographer Kat Evans recently spent a day with the vets at Cotts Farm to film a video to show how the Tru DR equine veterinary X-ray system has made a huge difference to their ambulatory client visits.

July 2011

Earlier this year, 7 practices in Cork came together to purchase 7 Easi-Scans’ from BCF Technology. Some of these practices wished to commence a bovine fertility service and others within the group wished to enhance the service they were offering, and this was their second Easi-Scan.

June 2011

Kat Evans from BCF Technology recently called in to see how Oscar and Julian Wain of Wessex Equine Vets were getting on with their new Tru DR lx equine DR system. Oscar and Julian are brothers who are local to the Wiltshire area and decided to form a new practice earlier this year.

January 2011

Following the successful installation of a Carestream POC CR unit to Aspen Veterinary Surgery last year, when they recently decided to expand their service to offer ultrasound, they came straight to us, as their experience with the company was so positive that they saw no need to go elsewhere.

January 2011

December 2010

During the recent installation of a Tru DR lx equine DR to Cotts Farm Equine Hospital BCF Sales Engineer Kat Evans had the opportunity to help set up to the DR for use during a minimally invasive pastern arthrodesis.

October 2010

September 2010

Horse Power CPD has so far has raised over £78,000 for SPANA and the BEVA Trust. The ten equine vets that travelled over 1,000 on their motorcycles visiting all 7 vet schools in 6 days delivering unique CPD presentations are all delighted with the response they have received.

September 2010

Stephen Hipkins recently asked BCF for help in supporting the work he is involved with the Higher Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry www.isae.ac.rw in Kigali, Rwanda in Africa. We donated an earlier version of our Easi-Scan bovine ultrasound scanner
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